Ezekiel 18:20:16Ezek.18.20.W16TAB
עָלָ֣יו
alav
“upon him”
- Transliteration
- a-LAV
- Extended
- aa-LAAV
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
a-LAV ti-he-YE
- clause
BEN lo-yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-AV ve-AV LO yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-BEN tsid-KAT ha-tsa-DIK a-LAV ti-he-YE ve-rish-AT re-SHA ha-ra-SHA a-LAV ti-he-YE
- sentence
ha-NE-fesh ha-kho-TE-et HI ta-MUT BEN lo-yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-AV ve-AV LO yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-BEN tsid-KAT ha-tsa-DIK a-LAV ti-he-YE ve-rish-AT re-SHA ha-ra-SHA a-LAV ti-he-YE
Exegesis
The final couplet mirrors this structure with tsidqat {צִדְקַ֤ת | tsiḏ-qaṯ} ‘righteousness of’ + ha-tsaddiq {הַצַּדִּיק֙ | ha-ṣad-dîq} ‘the righteous one’, and ve-rishat {וְרִשְׁעַ֥ת | wə-riš-ʿaṯ} ‘and wickedness of’ + ha-rasha {הָרָשָׁ֖ע | hā-rā-šāʿ} ‘the wicked one’, each followed by tihyeh {תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה | tih-yeh} ‘shall be’ and the pronominal suffix in a-lav {עָלָ֥יו | ʿā-lāw} ‘upon him’. The initial VSO order and the parallel chiastic structure underscore individual moral accountability.
In context — Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins shall die. A son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 18:20, so the Hebrew word עָלָ֣יו (alav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.18.20.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.20.W16.S1) and character.